Local teen stars in Superbowl ad

Emily Sanchez, 15, says it was the dress she wore to the audition that landed her a spot in an H-E-B commercial that aired during the Superbowl.

“They said to wear a long dress,” said Emily, a sophomore at Providence Catholic School. “I decided to wear my Quinceañera dress, the only long dress that I had, which actually got me the job.”

About a month after a daylong photo shoot in Elgin, Emily was watching the Superbowl with her family, when she started to pick on her older sister and got in trouble. She said she huffed over to a nearby computer, out of TV-viewing sight, and then started to get yelled at again. Emily missed it, but her family and friends spotted her in a puffy white dress in a gazebo during an H-E-B commercial.

“I didn’t want to go to school the next day,” said Emily, shy of the spotlight. “I usually keep that stuff to myself; otherwise it feels like bragging.”